Posted on: May 7, 2013 in: CLS Behind the Scenes, Month in Pictures
April was a busy month for us. With our ongoing Meet the Music programme, our season two CLoSer finale and of course our attempts to Frenchify London with our Poulenc Festival, we have been kept on our toes! Here we look back at the last month through a few of our favourite snaps..
Our Poulenc Festival kicked off on the 4th April at St Giles’ Cripplegate with Poulenc the Poet, which focused on the composer’s affinity for woodwind. Here, our fabulous woodwind sextet rehearses with Michael Collins before the concert.The next concert in the festival was a CLoSerspecial, where the Village Underground was transformed in a 1920’s Parisian Café.This concert also paid tribute to Poulenc’s contemporary, Erik Satie. His Gymnopédies Nos. 1-3 were performed beautifully by pianist, Antoine Françoise.The star of the show, Derek Welton, perfectly encapsulated Poulenc’s lighter sider with a vivacious performance of his childhood composition, Rapsodie nègre.The finale of the festival took place in Southwark Cathedral, featuring Poulenc’s Organ Concerto, performed by Peter Wright. Here Stephen Layton leads a rehearsal in front of a few early bird audience members.Our Chief Executive, Matthew Swann with Antoine Françoise and Michael Collins on BBC Radio 3’s InTuneOn 24th April, we performed a lunchtime concert at Guy’s and Thomas’ hospital, part of our Wellbeing through Music outreach programme.
Images: James Berry, Alex Marshall, Anna Jessiman and Gillian Hunter
